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Perhaps while the writers are on strike, one of the TV networks could air a new reality show called So You Think You Can Write? The show could feature aspiring writers competing to come up with the winning script, which would then be used as the basis for an actual network series. Who knows, the show might produce scripts that are better than those currently used by the networks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

...Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman confirmed that U.S. forces had carried out an air strike in Africa. An AC-130 gunship, he said, had targeted "what we believe to be senior al-Qaeda leadership." Whitman neither specified a location nor confirmed reports of other U.S. attacks. Asked about another air strike on Jan. 23--confirmed to TIME by a Pentagon officer--Whitman said, "We're going to go after al-Qaeda and the global war on terror, wherever it takes us." He continued: "I don't have anything for you on Somalia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Somalia on the Edge | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

...then that the U.S. seized its moment. "We saw what was happening as the chance of a lifetime," says a Pentagon officer--"a very rare opportunity for the U.S. to move directly against al-Qaeda and get these terrorists." Meles says, "U.S. air assets were used for bombing on two occasions." The first attack was on the night of Jan. 7, after U.S. special-operations forces picked up intelligence that Fazul and Aden Hashi Ayro--a notorious and ruthless Afghanistan-trained militia leader--were riding in a convoy close to Ras Kamboni. According to an Ethiopian officer who was present...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Somalia on the Edge | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

...machine so there is not a straight line on the bike, and that union of form and function takes his mind off everything else. "I have a real high-stress business, but when I get the chance to get on a bike for 15 minutes, to smell the fresh air and see the horizon, all is better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two-Wheeled Ego Boosters | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

...bombastic host of CNBC's Mad Money is not known for understatement. His wild on-air rant in August about Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke became a YouTube favorite. So it's hardly surprising that this book makes Cramer-sized claims about who can become wealthy: "I don't care if you don't have two cents to your name or if you owe thousands of dollars in credit-card debt." But he displays surprising earnestness in showing readers how to beat the market by saving steadily and studying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Books | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

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